Written answers

Thursday, 19 May 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • DP World and P&O Ferries: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 26 April 2022 to Question 157377 on DP World and P&O Ferries: Contracts, how many such contracts have been (a)...

    • Bus Services: Staffordshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what additional support his Department has provided to Staffordshire County Council to help run continued rural bus services.

      Motorcycles: Driving Instruction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if there has been an (a) increase or (b) decrease in the number of individuals achieving a full motorcycle licence since the introduction of the new...

      Electric Scooters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to include provisions permitting the full use of e-scooters including identification of vehicles in the Transport Bill announced in...

      Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 22 April 2022 to Question 154083 on Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Standards, if he will publish the data used...

      Motorcycles: Driving Instruction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether there has been an increase or decrease in the number of crashes during the motorcycle rider test since the introduction of the new testing...

      Railways: Suffolk

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what cost benefit analysis his Department has made of upgrading Haughley Junction.

      Railways: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail on rail procurement.

      Great British Railways

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on establishing a headquarters for Great British Railways.

      Shrewsbury-Wolverhampton Railway Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether improvements in railway track speed between Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton will be delivered within the 2019 Parliament.

      Travel: Concessions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate has he made of the number of journeys taken using the Jobcentre Plus Travel Discount Card in the 12 months.

      Travel: Concessions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions has he had with the Department for Work and Pensions on ensuring those eligible are made aware of the Jobcentre Plus Travel...

      Public Transport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has plans to introduce schemes for the funding of demand responsive transport in suburban areas.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Scottish Limited Partnerships: Fines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many Scottish limited partnerships have been fined since the people with significant control register came into force.

    • Insolvency Service: Redundancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the gov.uk news story of 11 May 2022, Insolvency Service transitions to regional hubs as part of...

      Insolvency Service: Redundancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the gov.uk news story of 11 May 2022, Insolvency Service transitions to regional hubs as part of...

      Insolvency Service: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many and what proportion of Insolvency Service staff started but did not complete Insolvency Service Investigator...

      Insolvency Service: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much his Department has spent on Insolvency Service Investigator Programme training for staff in the Insolvency...

      Insolvency Service: Closures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the gov.uk news story of 11 May 2022, Insolvency Service transitions to regional hubs as part of...

      Economic and Social Research Council: Public Appointments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Answer of 25 April 2022 to Question 155735 on Economic and Social Research Council: Public...

      Consumers: Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what (a) recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of UK consumer protections and (b) steps he will take to protect...

      Nuclear Power Stations: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the impact assessment of the Nuclear Energy (Financing) Act 2022 published on 26 October 2021, if his...

      Electricity: Storage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to his Department's Smart Systems and Flexibility Plan published on 20 July 2021, what his timeframe is...

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Genito-urinary Medicine: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Health Secretary on matters relating to the sexual and reproductive healthcare...

    • Abortion: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he plans to take to ensure fully-funded and commissioned abortion services are made available to women in Northern Ireland as soon...

      Local Government: Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether candidates in future local government elections in Northern Ireland have to have their home addresses published.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish his Department's negotiating position on a new convention, agreement, or other international instrument under the...

    • NHS: Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to help with the provision of new NHS dental practices.

      Leukaemia: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that the (a) 10-Year Cancer Plan and (b) other strategic documents are fit for purpose for chronic...

      Primary Health Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 25 April 2022 to Question 154467 on Primary Health Care, how much money has been allocated to (a) a...

      Streptococcus: Clinical Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to encourage hospitals to participate in the GBS3 clinical trial.

      Alcoholic Drinks: Labelling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he will publish (a) the consultation on calorie labelling of alcoholic products and (b) the labelling elements under consideration...

      Obesity: Mental Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for its policies of the conclusion of the Sixth Report of Session...

      Mental Health Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Integrated Commissioning for Better Outcomes framework on funding for highly...

      Care Homes: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy and effectiveness of support given to care homes since the publication of the Government's...

      Ambulance Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to provide (a) support and (b) compensation to families who have been bereaved due to slow ambulance...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he will respond to the letter of 23 December 2021 from the Member for St Albans on the poor service standards of covid-19 travel...

      Dementia: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve levels of dementia diagnosis.

      Platinum Jubilee 2022: Medals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of recognising health sector personnel in backroom roles including (a)...

      Neurology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve health and social care services for people with neurological conditions.

      Dementia: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the regional variation in dementia diagnosis rates in England; and what steps he is taking to tackle...

      Veterans: LGBT+ People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the prevalence of PTSD amongst LGBTQ+ veterans compared to non LGBTQ+ veterans.

      Asthma

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been admitted to hospitals in England as a result of exacerbations of their asthma in the last 12 months.

      Palliative Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will introduce new guidance on the duty in the Health and Care Act 2022 to commission palliative care services; and whether that...

      Dementia: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve dementia diagnosis rates in England.

      Health Services: Home Visits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people who have unmet care needs in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry,...

      Dementia: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the trends in dementia diagnosis rates among (a) ethnic minority communities and (b) other groups; and if...

      Care Homes: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is he taking to assist care homes with rising energy costs.

      Dementia: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure care home staff can access evidence-based training on dementia.

      Care Homes: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support care homes manage the rising cost of energy.

      Care Homes: Dementia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of care home staff who have received training on dementia.

      Care Homes: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department will take to ensure adequate supply of (a) PCR and (b) LFT covid-19 testing kit supplies to care homes.

      Care Homes: Labour Turnover

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take tackle improve staff retention in the care home sector.

      Learning Disability: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to (a) reinstate and (b) increase provision of day services for people with learning disabilities to help them...

      Surgery: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the socioeconomic cost of untreated patients not participating in the national workforce.

      Armed Forces: Sexual Assault Referral Centres

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of women in the armed forces who have (a) been taken to a sexual assault referral centre...

      Surgery: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of how new technologies may be able to increase efficiency in the NHS for the purposes of...

      Surgery: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the cost to the NHS of patients who receive more invasive procedures as a result of...

      Prostate Cancer: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 16 December 2021 to Question 87714 on the roll out of the Galen technology by Betsi Cadwaladr University...

      Dialysis Machines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his department has to work with its devolved counterparts to ensure consistent access for patients across UK to equal...

      Healthy Start Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will increase the value of healthy start vouchers in response to the increasing cost of infant formula.

      Maternity Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for its policies of the journal article entitled, A Quality Improvement...

      Ambulance Services: Shropshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve ambulance response times in Shropshire.

      Pancreatic Cancer: Mortality Rates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will include steps to improve survival rates for pancreatic cancer in his Department's forthcoming Ten Year Cancer Plan.

      Air Pollution: Pollution Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has analysis to show by how much particulate matter emissions need to be reduced in order to reduce premature deaths caused by...

      Death Certificates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of clause 128 of the Health and Social Care Act 2022 on delays to the death certification...

      Ambulance Services: Barnsley Hospital

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average ambulance response times were at Barnsley Hospital in each year since 2010.

  • Department for Education

    • Special Educational Needs: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the proposal in his Department's SEND review to only allow families with disabled children to pick a school from a pre-defined list,...

    • Special Educational Needs: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 25 April 2022 to Question 155726 on Special Educational Needs: Tribunals, what assessment his Department has made of...

      Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what provision has been made within the (a) Homes for Ukraine scheme and (b) Ukraine Family Visa scheme to access (i) student loan scheme and (ii)...

      Supply Teachers: Pay and Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will intervene to ensure supply teachers employed by agencies and umbrella companies are (a) paid the same rate as those employed directly by a...

      Schools: Sports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 3 February 2022 to Question 113149, what the timetable is for publishing the update to the School Sport and Activity...

      National Curriculum Tests

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an assessment of similarities between elements of the 11+ practice examination paper and this year's key stage 2 Standard...

      Children: Swimming

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of research by Swim England that suggests three in five primary school children will...

      Pre-school Education: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the early years funding rates are for (a) 2 year olds and (b) 3 to 4 year olds in each Local Authority in England

      Family Hubs: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what approach his Department plans to take to select local authorities for the family hubs transformation fund.

      Special Educational Needs: Hearing Impairment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to (a) increase the number of teachers for deaf children and (b) ensure that deaf awareness is included in all...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Fraud: Reoffenders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of subsequent offences committed by defendants on bail while awaiting trial for fraud in each police force area...

    • Fraud: Remand in Custody

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of defendants in fraud cases held on remand in each year since 2017.

      Prisoners: Learning Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what cost-benefit analysis his Department has conducted on screening all prisoners for learning disabilities.

  • Department for International Trade

    • Developing Countries: Food Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions she (a) has had and (b) plans to have with the WTO on food security in developing countries.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Ethiopia: Religious Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to support the Government of Ethiopia with (a) investigating responsibility and securing...

    • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Private Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding his Department allocated to the Continuity of Education Allowance to fund places (a) Winchester...

      Sri Lanka: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has discussed political violence in Sri Lanka with (a) the Sri Lankan Government and (b) other...

      India: Religious Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representation she has made to her Indian counterpart on the protection of religious minorities.

      Africa: Foreign Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 25 April 2022 to Question 158906 on Africa: Foreign Relations, whether any written...

      Israel: Journalism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations the Government has made to the Israeli Government on its treatment of journalists.

      Ethiopia: Crimes against Humanity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to help prevent destruction of any evidence of (a) ethnic cleansing and (b) other war...

      Human Rights: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential effect on the human rights of women throughout the world of any...

      Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking in their engagement with the G7, G20 and Commonwealth to help ensure the...

      Finland and Sweden: Defence and Security

      To ask the Secretary for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she plans to lay the security and defence agreements signed between the UK, Sweden and Finland before Parliament...

      Somaliland: Press Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she has taken to raise reports of the detention of 14 journalists arrested on 13 April 2022 in...

      Ukraine: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps her Department has taken to help prevent of sexual violence against women and girls during in...

      Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ebola

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the risks of the Ebola outbreak identified in Mbandaka, Democratic Republic of...

      Myanmar: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to support the Health Partnerships for Myanmar group.

      Burkina Faso and Guinea: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with (a) Economic Community of West African States and (b) African Union...

      East Africa: Food Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she (a) has had and (b) plans to have discussions with non-governmental organisations and civil society on...

      East Africa: Food

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to help ensure that the humanitarian response to the East Africa hunger crisis reaches...

      East Africa: Food

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans she has to tackle (a) global food insecurity and rising food prices and (b) the food insecurity crisis...

      Sudan: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to (a) support investigations into the killings in the Krink region of West Darfur, Sudan...

      MI6: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when she intends to deposit in the House of Commons Library the annual environmental sustainability reports made...

      Somalia: Food Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to UK steps to help tackle the prospect of famine in Somalia, published on 26 April 2022, how this...

      Northern Ireland Protocol

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking in relation to the Northern Ireland Protocol to support the Union.

      Democratic Republic of Congo: Military Intervention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to support (a) inclusiveness, (b) accountability, (c) human rights protections, (d)...

      USA: Abortion

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her counterpart in the US Government on the implications of any decision by its...

      EU Countries: Visas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the EU on lengthening the duration of Schengen Area visas for UK citizens...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Private Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the maximum level of Continuity of Education Allowance payments provided by his Department were for (a)...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Private Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding his Department allocated to the Continuity of Education Allowance to fund school places (a)...

      Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will public the impact assessment for the International Development Strategy.

      Diplomatic Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, in what year (a) Eritrea, (b) Palau, (c) Palestine, (d) Somaliland, (e) Taiwan and (f) Timor Leste were were...

      Shireen Abu Akleh

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations she has made to her Israeli counterpart on the violence at the funeral of Shireen Abu Akleh.

      Shireen Abu Akleh

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the (a) fatal shooting of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in the West...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Ajax Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the future of the Ajax vehicle; and if he will make a statement.

    • Armed Forces: Violent and Sex Offender Register

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 8 February 2022 to Question 117868, in what particular exceptional circumstances serving personnel listed on the sex...

      Armed Forces: Violent and Sex Offender Register

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 8 February 2022 to Question 117868, what risk assessments are in place to safeguard personnel serving alongside...

      Armed Forces: Bullying

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what data his Department holds on (a) incidences of and (b) complaints regarding military initiation rituals, in each year since 2010.

      Armed Forces: Sexual Offences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's Zero Tolerance approach to sexual offences published on 30 March, whether that policy will be applied retrospectively...

      Ministry of Defence: Cybersecurity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many supply chain cyber attacks have been successfully carried out against internal (a) Ministry of Defence systems and (b) systems outsourced by...

      Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many F-35 jets his Department has ordered as of 12 May 2022.

      Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there are any plans to extend Operation Isotrope beyond 31 January 2023.

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what artillery support has been provided to the Ukrainian military.

      Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which existing surface and surveillance capabilities will be enhanced as part of Operation Isotrope.

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether personnel from the Ukrainian military on training in the UK have full access to NHS services and treatments.

      Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and War Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Veterans UK accepting diagnoses letters from clinical psychologists, rather than psychiatrists of...

      Armed Forces: Sexual Offences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what processes are in place to gather forensic evidence from survivors of military sexual assault or rape where the incident takes place while overseas.

      Defence Medical Services: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress he has made on the rollout of Programme Cortisone.

      Armed Forces: Sexual Offences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of routinely taking forensic evidence in military hospitals, where injuries were...

      Armed Forces: Sexual Offences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what data his Department holds on the number of service personnel who redact a statement of sexual assault or rape after questioning from the Special...

      RAF Honington: Sexual Offences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support was made available for those in the disbanded unit at RAF Honington following allegations of sexual abuse.

      Armed Forces Compensation Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support is available for people who are required to pay for consultant grade mental health diagnoses in order to claim compensation from Veterans UK.

      Armed Forces: Offences against Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 26 April 2022 to Question 154397 on Armed Forces: Offences against Children, what new measures are being put in place to...

      Veterans: Injuries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department will publish a formal response to the Forces in Mind Trust report entitled Lives in Transition: returning to civilian life with a...

      Armed Conflict: Explosives

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he (a) has had and (b) will have any civil society organisations on the Political Declaration on the Use of Explosive Weapons in...

      Armed Forces: Offences against Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 26 April 2022 to Question 154397 on Armed Forces: Offences against Children, how many of the 22 investigations into...

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 28 April 2022 to Question 158858 on Ukraine: Military Aid, how many Stormer armoured vehicles have been sent to Ukraine.

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), (b) items of communications equipment, (c) items of ear defence equipment and (d) night vision devices the...

      Military Bases: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 1 November 2021 to Question 64544 on Armed Forces: Housing, how many buildings on the defence estate have flammable...

      Portsmouth Dockyard: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 11 November 2022 to Question 65371 on Ministry of Defence: Buildings, whether the work to remove the flammable cladding...

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel from the Ukrainian military have been given training in the UK by his Department since 24 February 2022.

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department received a request from the Ukrainian Government for Harpoon anti-ship missiles.

      Dstl: Hikvision

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made a security assessment of the reported use of Hikvision equipment at the Porton Down facility.

      Ministry of Defence: Japanese Knotweed

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the removal of Japanese knotweed from the Defence estate cost his Department last year.

      Ukraine: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps the UK armed forces are taking to assist with humanitarian supplies in countries bordering Ukraine.

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the number of personnel from the Ukrainian military that his Department will train in the UK in (a) May, (b)...

      Aircraft Carriers: Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the capacity of the new aircraft carriers to use data from the F-35 Lightning effectively.

      Army

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the deployable strength of the Army (a) as of 12 May 2022 and (b) in each of the last five years.

      Ministry of Defence: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of buildings used as accommodation on the Defence estate will have their combustible cladding removed this year.

      Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the whole life cost of the UK’s F-35 fleet.

      Ministry of Defence: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department plans to institute £2.5 billion reductions to the Department's workforce costs.

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) longest, (b) shortest and (c) average period of time taken was to make repairs to an armed forces accommodation property after a call out...

      Armoured Fighting Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armoured vehicles of each type are (a) in the service with the Army and (b) fit for purpose as of 12 May 2022.

      Armed Forces: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the percentage shortfalls are for each pinch point trade in the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force (i) as of 12 May 2022 and (ii) in...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Local Housing Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Wales, (b) Scotland and (c) England who are only eligible for the Shared Accommodation Local Housing Allowance rate...

    • Local Housing Allowance: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the average difference between the rent being paid by individuals in receipt of Local Housing Allowance (LHA)...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason there is a three month relevant period that claimants have to wait to receive their full entitlement when eligible for...

      Household Support Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to prevent councils running out of funding for the Household Support Fund before the end of September 2022.

      Local Housing Allowance: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department has spent on housing payments to individuals in receipt of Universal Credit in Wales in each of the last five years.

      Local Housing Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she mas made of the potential merits of increasing the Local Housing Allowance in line with the increase in the cost of...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Greater Manchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on hybrid working by staff of the consolidation of her Department's office at Manchester...

      Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing people claiming legacy benefits to complete a Skills Bootcamp in HGV...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Air Pollution: Pollution Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what local measures and targets he is planning to introduce to reduce air pollution.

    • Sharks: Animal Products

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ban the (a) import of shark fins and (b) sale of shark fins; and what steps he plans to take to...

      Air Pollution: Pollution Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government is on track to reduce particulate matter emissions by 46 per cent by 2030 as set out in the Clean Air...

      Washing Machines: Microplastics

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure washing machines are fitted with microfibre plastic capture filters.

      Infant Foods

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the (a) availability and (b) affordability of infant formula.

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Departmental Responsibilities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure (a) value for money from his Department's projects and (b) that those projects...

  • Home Office

    • HM Passport Office: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the total number of staff employed by the Passport Adviceline in each month of the last three years.

    • Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) referred to the Afghan citizens resettlement scheme and (b) granted indefinite leave to remain since the...

      Asylum: Consumer Goods

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to review the minimum standards of welcome packs provided to asylum seekers.

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what advice is being given to Ukrainian refugees applying for the Homes for Ukraine Scheme in circumstances where they cannot travel to a...

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Ukrainian applications to the Homes for Ukraine Schemes received in April 2022 remain outstanding.

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the target set by Lord Harrington of Watford that all Homes for Ukraine Scheme visas will be processed within 48 hours,...

      Biometric Residence Permits

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department taken to prepare for the transition from the Biometric Residence Permit after December 2024.

      Passports: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many appointments have been made available each week between February and May 2022 by Her Majesty's Passport Office for (a) fast track...

      Windrush Compensation Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason payments to Windrush Compensation Scheme claimants are delayed in the event that a review of a decision under that scheme is...

      UK Visas and Immigration: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time on the MP UK Visas and Immigration helpline was in April 2022.

      UK Visas and Immigration: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time is for telephone calls made from 1 May 2022 to the dedicated advice line for hon. Members for UK Visas &...

      Visas: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure travel permission permits for Ukraine citizens are issued prior to the issuing of visas.

      HM Passport Office: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what comparative assessment she has made of the efficiency of each HM Passport Office branch for processing passport applications and...

      Asylum: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on residents of using town centre buildings to house asylum seekers.

      Visas: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the number of UK residents who applied to host Ukrainian refugees under the family visa route and...

      UK Visas and Immigration: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will consider increasing the number of caseworker staff the UKVI has redeployed to process Ukrainian visa applications.

      Burglary: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help increase the proportion of people who commit burglaries in rural parts of England being identified.

      Passports: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assistance her Department provides to people seeking a fast track passport appointment but who are unable to book a slot.

      Refugees: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that LGBTQ+ refugees relocated to Rwanda do not face discrimination and intolerance in that...

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure applications for Ukrainian citizens under the Homes for Ukraine scheme are grouped effectively to allow...

      National Shipbuilding Office

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) she and (b) officials in her Department have met with the National Shipbuilding Office since the start of the 2022 calendar year.

      UK Border Force: Patrol Craft

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the combined value is of contracts awarded by her Department in 2022-23 for repair work designed to ensure that (a) HMC Valiant and (b)...

      Asylum: Linton-on-Ouse

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the compatibility of the proposed asylum processing site at Linton-on-Ouse with section 1.7 of the National...

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied 15 to 18-year-olds have applied for visas under the Homes for Ukraine scheme; and how many of those applications are...

      Asylum: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how long asylum seekers who have been granted section 95 status currently have to wait to receive an Aspen card.

      Passports: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to improve the time taken to process passport applications for (a) immigrants and (b) refugees not related...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Afghan nationals relocated to the UK via (a) the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy and (b) Operation Pitting have been...

      Biometric Residence Permits

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to ensure that people with Biometric Resident Permits are informed about the changes occurring to the BRP system...

      Refugees: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure that people living with HIV who are removed to Rwanda will have (a) access to the same standard of...

      Gender Recognition and Sexuality: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to paragraph 2.11.1 of her Department's publication of 11 May 2022 entitled Country policy and information note: Rwanda,...

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the cost of her plan for processing migrants and asylum seekers in Rwanda.

      Sexual Harassment: Public Places

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the viability of bringing forward a public sexual harassment bill.

      Hate Crime: LGBT+ People

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to encourage the reporting of LGBT+ hate crimes.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she intends to respond to the correspondence from the Member for Portsmouth South of 25 October 2021 on the Angiolini Inquiry.

      Abortion: Clinics

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has plans to review the need to establish buffer zones around abortion clinics in England in the context of the Northern Ireland...

      Fraud: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of suspicious activity reports connected to Russian oligarchs received by the UK Financial Intelligence Unit...

      MI5: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to place in the Library the annual environmental sustainability reports made by MI5 for the years 2011 to 2021.

      Migrants: Hong Kong

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the threat of monitoring and surveillance to pro-democracy Hong Kong activists living in the UK.

      Passports: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the number of cases in progress being handled by Her Majesty’s Passport Office as of 12 May 2022.

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied under-18s have been granted visas under the Homes for Ukraine scheme.

      Care Homes: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department plans to take through visa and immigration policy to help tackle staff vacancies in the care home sector.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Leasehold

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022, from what date leaseholders will be allowed to extend their...

    • Temporary Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what additional steps he plans to take to support local authorities in reducing the number of families living in temporary...

      Multiple Occupation: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of legislation on the licencing of houses of multiple occupation.

      Park Homes: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department plans to introduce legislation to change the park homes pitch fee review inflationary index to the...

      Conveyancing: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department plans to regulate the payment of referral fees to estate agents for referring customers to...

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme: Proof of Identity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Homes for Ukraine scheme, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of adding (a)...

      Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what exact questions his Department asked local authorities in relation to additional homelessness pressures arising from...

      Social Rented Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to increase the number of social homes being built each year.

      Housing: Water

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of requiring all new build domestic properties to be...

      Planning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will amend the Duty to co-operate to state that a council’s contribution to meeting another...

      Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what progress the Government is making on the implementation of the recommendations of the Building Better, Building...

      Housing: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to take steps to help buyers with modest deposits and a mortgage offer reasonably compete with...

      Local Plans: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of requiring Local Plans to make provision for local energy generation.

      Housing: Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, at what stage in the planning process the tenure of new housing is agreed; and whether the tenure of new residential...

      First Time Buyers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to support first time buyers onto the housing ladder.

      Elections: Proof of Identity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department has taken to help enable local authorities to issue valid voter identification to electors with...

      Elections: Proof of Identity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what is the minimum period of time between the date Local Authority issued voter ID becomes available and the date of an...

      Elections: Proof of Identity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether voter identification issued by a local authority will be valid to permit the holder to vote in a different Local...

      Local Government: Debt Collection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the guidance issued by his Department in August...

      Community Relations: Platinum Jubilee 2022

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee on levels of community engagement.

      Second Homes: Council Tax

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department plans to (a) make all second homes eligible for increases in Council Tax or (b) introduce a cap on...

      British Nationals Abroad: Hong Kong

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will take steps to ensure that Government funding of Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise groups...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Veterans: LGBT+ People

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department will respond to the recommendations listed in the 2022 Forward Assist and Salute Her UK Privileged Access Interview Report...

    • Veterans: Radiation Exposure

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Prime Minister's oral contribution of 20 April 2022, Official Report, column 161, what steps he is taking to ensure that...

      Civil Servants: Coronavirus

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent steps his Department has made to encourage the return to office work for civil servants across the Government.

      Peers: Honours

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps are available to remove peerages; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to...

      Employment: Young People

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the number of 18-24 year olds not in full-time education are employed (a) on zero hours contracts, (b) through agencies...

      Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many retired civil servants are in receipt of a pension via the civil service Classic scheme; and how many of those individuals are in receipt of a...

  • Treasury

    • Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of equalising the payments being made to families in the UK assisting Ukrainians arriving under the...

    • Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the disparity in the rates of VAT on electricity for public and domestic charging points for electric vehicles; and whether...

      Small Businesses: Business Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he is taking steps to reduce the burden of business rates on small and medium businesses.

      VAT: Fines

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many penalties have been issued by HMRC in respect of late payment of VAT in financial years (a) 2021-22 and (b) 2020-21.

      Energy: Housing

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to introduce an energy saving stamp duty incentive as part of the residential property conveyancing process.

      Child Benefit

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 26 April 2022 to Question 154192 on Child Benefit, if his department will make an assessment of the potential merits of...

      Public Sector: Fraud

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the managing public money guidance on fraud was last updated.

      Fuels: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of using a proportion of VAT accruing to the Exchequer from the rise in fuel prices to help low income households with the cost...

      Charging Points: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) potential impact of the higher rate of VAT charged on public electric vehicle charging compared with...

      Sequestration of Assets: Russia

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total value of assets frozen under the UK's Russian sanctions regime is since Russia's renewed invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022.

      Monetary Policy

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Governor of the Bank of England on quantitative easing.

      Inflation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the reasons for which the rate of inflation is above the Government's target of two per cent.

      Heating Oil: Rural Areas

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department (a) provides and (b) plans to provide support for rural households and businesses that rely on oil to heat their premises.

      Voluntary Work: Car Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to review the Approved Mileage Payment Allowance that can be claimed by volunteer drivers.

      Cryptocurrencies

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of UK adults who have money held on crypto exchanges.

  • House of Commons Commission

    • Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, if the Commission will make a statement on the new short-term task brief agreed by the Restoration and Renewal...

    • All Party Parliamentary Groups: Finance

      To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, what steps the Commission is taking to ensure that all-party Parliamentary groups disclose their financial...

  • Department for Transport

    • Railways: Tickets

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that over 1,000 rail ticket offices are being considered for closure; which ticket offices are currently being...

    • North Wales Coast Line: Standards

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made towards re-establishing the frequency of through-trains between Holyhead and London, that existed prior to the UK’s withdrawal...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Newport Wafer Fab: Takeovers

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what impact the proposed takeover of Newport Wafer Fab will have on the UK's ambition in the Global Britain in a Competitive Age integrated review, published...

    • Ukraine: Armed Conflict

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Ukraine regarding the protection of collections in museums in Ukraine to protect them from possible looting...

  • Treasury

    • Energy: Billing

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what figures they have on the increase in the number of people in the UK using high-cost credit, such as ‘buy now pay later’ debt schemes, to pay their...

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